A Strong indication emerged Monday, that the 2022 Electoral Act will be amended for inclusion of statutory delegates in political parties’ primaries slated for next year ahead of 2027 general elections.
The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio disclosed this in Abuja while having in audience the National leadership of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, who he admonished to weed out quacks from the legal profession.
According to him, the omission of statutory delegates from primaries of political parties in the 2022 Electoral Act was a costly mistake that must be corrected before the next round of general elections.
He said: There were defects in the last Electoral Act that was amended. So, we want to cure some of the defects that we found in our electoral system. I can tell you one.
“Without any particular intention of the Parliament, in the 2023 elections and the 2022 primaries, we inadvertently, created what I may call super-delegates.
“Because all the statutory delegates, starting from the President, the Vice President, the Governors, Deputy Governors, the Senate President, Deputy Senate President, Speaker, Deputy Speaker, members of Parliament, National, Sub-National, Chairman of Councils, and all, were omitted as delegates.